Embrace |Part 2|

Jack was still learning how to use his powers, he was getting quite adept at flying but this power with the winter was something he was still unsure of. He had practiced his flying along with the geese that flew in the air; he stuck his hands out, as if they were wings. Jack knew the wind was helping him, with the help of his staff of course. But he figured out how to balance in the air properly while he had observed the birds and flew along with them.

He was back at home, in Burgess. It had been about three years since he woke up from the Lake, and no one had been able to see him so far. Jack had made a promise to himself, that he would be seen or noticed one day.

And that the moon would tell him why he was there.

Jack had just been flying around, trying to find something to do to get a little attention when he noticed a group of kids playing in the snow. Unseen, Jack picked up a handful of snow and threw it with great aim at a tall child with short brown hair.

There was a sparkle of magic, something was going on here. At first the kid looked pissed, but he blinked and suddenly he started to laugh. The kid crouched down to pick up some snow, and with quickly threw it at a girl around his age with blonde hair. The fight was on! Jack chuckled, he had started his. He felt so good being around kids having fun, he just loved their energy. Having fun was his favourite thing to do.

The children were shrieking with laughter, yelling at each other. "I'm going to get you!" "Oh you better watch out for this!" "Got you!" Jack smiled at his handiwork; he then glided around them, creating more snow for them to throw, laughing the whole time. He played along as well, throwing a, what looked like to the children, a stray snowball that always managed to hit someone square in the face.

All of a sudden his heart felt heavy. He knew this feeling; he got it even ever he passed by that girl, the girl who looked so familiar but he could never place in his mind. Jack turned around, seeing the girl sitting by herself, away from all the fun.

He never understood why she had this completely different attitude towards having fun. He remembered when he first encountered her. She had been a bit smaller back then. He remembered her crying by the Lake, sobbing there, all alone. He had come down from the sky; he had felt her pain, her sorrow. He had desperately wanted to console her, but she couldn't see him.

His heart squeezed tightly when she had gotten up, wiped her tears and ran right through him. A tear had run down his face when she did. He didn't know why he had cried, he thought it might just have been her strong emotions that surrounded her.

While he had floated around the village, he heard the townspeople gossiping about a "depressed" girl named Emma. He figured out that the girl they had been talking about was the girl he had seen. Something bad had happened at the lake, that's all he knew as he heard from the townspeople. Whenever he tried to learn more about this lake incident, something happened that caused him to not learn of anything. Other times, he had heard something important but it just slipped out one ear and through the other.

Jack flew towards the girl, his heart guiding him. Truthfully, he wanted to stay with the children having fun, but he felt compelled to go to her, to help her.

Every single time he saw her, he always drifted towards her. He didn't always go right next to her but he floated just a little to the right or a little to the left to even just be the slightest inch closer. Usually he didn't even notice.

He didn't know why, but in the back of his head, whenever he felt her sad emotions, he was always thinking, I've got to help her. He sat next to her, his arm leaning against hers. She rubbed her arm, and Jack scooted over a bit, leaving a small gap between them. He sat there in silence, watching her. She was cute little girl, she had ligh brown hair and this small beauty mark next to her eye. He could tell she would grow up to be a beautiful young lady.

The boy he threw a snowball at came forward, asking Emma if she wanted to play. He was glad someone had finally stayed to console her, talk to her, and convince her it was okay to have fun. Jack was getting happier as the conversation went on, the wind blowing around him, reacting to his emotions.

He felt his own heart lighten; he knew then, that the girl's conflict was finally gone, well it for now at least. On some impulse, he gave her a hug, he was careful though. He made sure he didn't actually touch her. He didn't want his body to pass through her. Something was different, he hadn't noticed but his arms hadn't slipped through her, and that he was giving her a legitimate hug, his arms enveloping hers. He pulled back, giving a magnificent snow white smile.

Jack whispered softly to her, he knew she probably wouldn't hear him but he spoke out anyways. "Don't forget to have fun, I agree with Nathan. Your brother would have wanted you to have fun."

He then flew away as she thanked Nathan. Her apology was something Jack might have wanted to hear. She had said his name, Jack, and hearing his name would probably have made him happy, even if it wasn't him he was talking about. But even if Jack had stayed, he would not have heard her say his name. The Man in the Moon would have prevented him from hearing her call out his name. The Man in the Moon knew that if Jack put two and two together, bad things would happen, and that Jack would not be able to help with the future he foresaw.

But the Man in the Moon made a promise; he promised that he would let Jack get all his memories back when the time was right.

And that time wasn't now, nor would it be tomorrow, or the day after. It would be a very long time from now.

A/N: I hope you guys liked it! I might fix this chapter up a bit later. It'll probably be fixed up by the time I post the next chapter. Part 2 wasn't a continuation of the previous chapter, I'm sure you guys know that already.

Just a note, I probably won't be able to post as often, as I'm still rewriting those chapter I lost. I also have a lot of school work that needs to be done.